1543 Leonhart Fuchs, Mullein, two folio woodcuts, 1st Edition folio, botany

Hand coloured woodcut to recto of one leaf in FOLIO size from:

Leonhart Fuchs

New Kreüterbuch, 

Heinrich Füllmaurer, Albert Meyer (draughtsmen), and Veit Rudolf Speckle (woodcutter)

Basel, Isengrin, 1543.

34 x 21.8 cm

References: VD 16, F 3242; Adams F 1099; Fairfax Murray I, 175; Nissen, BBI 658; Stafleu-C. 1909; Hunt 48

Original 450+ year old leaf. Woodcut of extraordinary beauty with later hand colour. "Fuchs, following Brunfels, was the third of the German Fathers of Botany. He gave us forty plants never before figured... He was also the first of the modern era to attempt to give a botanical glossary of terms, presenting it in alphabetical order" (Hunt). "This herbal has the first European figures of certain American plants, including Indian corn and the great pumpkin" (Sparrow).

Old manuscript in ink correcting the erroneous printed description.

Minor fingering and light creasing. Some spotting and staining to right edge. Two small tears backed with old paper. Overall fair to good condition.